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2013 Supreme(SC) 1398

H.L.DATTU, JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR
M. C. Mehta – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. M.C. Mehta, In Person (NP), Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv. (A.C.) Mr. Rajiv K Garg, Adv. Mr. Ashish Garg, Adv. Dr. Kailash Chand, Adv. Mr. R.D. Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Jain, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, Adv. Mr. D Mahesh Babu, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, Adv. Mr. M.C. Dhingra, Adv. Mrs. Shally Bhasin Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. D.K. Garg, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Garg, adv. Mr. Dhananjay Garg, Adv. Ms. Ritu Puri, Adv. Mr. K.K. Mohan, Adv. Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Manu Shanker Mishra, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Sanjiv Sen, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Vandana Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Kriti Singh Gahlout, Adv. Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, Adv. In person Mr. A. Sharan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Adv. for M/s Saharya & Co., Advs. Mr. D.N. Goburdhan, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Khanna, ASG Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Ms. Seema Rao, Adv. Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Asha G Nair, Adv. Ms. Gargi Khanna, Adv. Mr. T.A. Khan, Adv. Mr. D.L. Chidanand, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Bharihoke, Adv. Ms. Sushma Suri, Adv. Mr. Harsh Prabhakar, Adv. Mr. S.N. Terdol, Adv. Mr.Sanjiv Sen, Adv. Mr. Ajay Arora, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, Adv. Mr. P Parmeshwaran, Adv. Mr. S.W.A. Qadri, Adv. Ms. Manita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shadmani Ali, Adv. For Mr. D.S. Mehra, Adv. For Mr. B.Krishna Prasad, Adv. For Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Adv. Ms. Sheil Sethi, Adv. Mr. Arvind Nayar, Adv. Mr. Zeyaul Haque, Adv. Mr. A Venayagam Balan, Adv. Ms. Indu Malhotra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sidharth Sethi, Adv. Mr. Dheeraj Nair, Adv. Mr. Sunil Fernandes, Adv. Mr. Tarun Johari, Adv. Mr. V.K. Verma, Adv. Mr. Shree Pal Singh, Adv. Intervenor, In Person Ms. Bina Gupta, Adv. Mr. S.K. Bhattacharya, Adv. M/s K.J. John & Co., Advs. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Bakshi, Adv. Mr. A.S. Bhasme, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Bhalla, Adv. Mr. P.K. Manohar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay jain, Adv. Mr. Naveen R. nath, Adv. Ms. Kamakshi S Mehlwal, Adv. Ms. Prashanthi Prasad, Adv. Mr. S Chandra Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Rao Ranjit, Adv. M/s. Law Associates, Advs. Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Adv. Ms. Sheil Sethi, Adv. Mr. Amitabh Chturvedi, Adv. Mr. Azeem, Adv. Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Adv. Mr. Ramesh N. Keshwani, Adv. M/s S. Narain & Co., Advs. Mr. Shankar Divate, Adv. Mr. Arun K Sinha, Adv. Mr. B.K.SIngh, Adv. Mr. R.M. Sinha, Adv. Mr. Arun K. Sinha, Adv. Mr. L.R. Singh, Adv. Mr. T. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pravir Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. R.P. Bhatt, Sr. Adv. Ms.Anita Pandey, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Subramonium Prasad, Adv. Mr. Chiraranjan Addey, Adv. Mr. Daya Krishan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Chandan Ramamurthi, Adv. Mr. M.A. Chinnasamy, Adv. Mr.S. Muthu Krishnan, Adv. Mr. K.Krishna Kumar, Adv. Ms. Meera Mathur, Adv. Mr. P.S. Narsimha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma, Adv. Ms. Krithika Raghavan, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Adv. Ms. Purnima Bhat Kak, Adv. Ms. Abha R Sharma, Adv. Mr. R.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. D.K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Hardeep Singh Arora, Adv. Mr. N. Ganapathy, Adv. Mr. Abhijit Sen Gupta, Adv. Mrs. Rachana Joshi Issar, Adv. Ms.Ambreen Rasool, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Tewari, Adv. Dr. S.K. Verma, Adv. Mr. Manjit Singh, AAG Mr. Vikas Sharma, Adv. Mr. Tarjit Singh, Adv. Mr. Anil Antil, Adv. for Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Kumar, Adv. M/s. Mitter & Mitter & Co., Advs. Mr. Arvind Minocha, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Indra Sawhney, Adv. Mr. M.P. Jha, Adv. Mr. Ram Ekbal Roy, Adv. Mr. Harshvardhan Jha, Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur, Adv. Mr. R.C. Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Prashant Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Tewari, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Anand, Adv. Mr. Senthil Jageeshan, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shakeel Ahmed Syed, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv. Ms. Bushra Parveen, Adv. Ms. Mamta Saxena, Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. Mr. R.N. Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Raunak Dhillon, Adv. Ms. Neha Gupta, Adv. For M/s. Karanjawala & Co., Advs. Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Adv. Mr. S. Nithin, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Misra, Adv. Mr. Shibo Shankar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sunder Khatri, Adv. Shital Khatri, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Goyal, Adv. Mr. Ambhoj Kumar Sinha, Adv. Ms. Kavita Wadia, Adv. Ms. Indra Sawhney, Adv. Ms. Sushil Kumar Jain, Adv. Ms. Rachna Gupta, Adv. Mr. B.K. Pal Adv. Mr. Rajesh Shrivastav, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Adv. Ms. Madhusmita Bora, Adv. Mr. M.A. Chinnasamy, Adv. Mr. Baldev Atreya, Adv. Mr. R.S.Tomar, Adv. Mr. Sumit Tomar, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Y.S. Narula, Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, Adv. Mr. Shiv Prakash Pandey, Adv. Mr. S.K. Verma, Adv. Ms. Purnima Bhat Kak, Adv. Ms. Sushmita Lal Das, Adv. Mr. Ashesh Lal, Adv. Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Adv. Mr. Jasbir Singh Malik, Adv. Mr. Varun Punia, Adv. For Mr. S.K. Sabharwal, Adv. Mr. Atul Jha, Adv. Mr. D.K. Sinha, Adv. M/s. Manik Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Preet Jha, Adv. Mr. Mohit D. Ram, Adv. Mr. S.S. Ray, adv. Ms. Rakhi Ray, Adv. Mr. S. Mukhopadhyay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bhakti Jardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Asheesh K Mishra, Adv. Mr. S.P. Jha, Adv. Mr. Ajay Veer Singh Jain, Adv. Mr. R.K. verma, Adv. Mr. U.R. Bokadia, Adv. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, Adv. Mr. R.K. Sanghi, Adv. Mr. Satyendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Panjwani, Adv. Ms. Suruchi Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ashesh Lal, Adv. Ms. Kirti Sinha, Adv. Ms. Susmita Lal, Adv. Mr. R.M. Sinha, Adv. Mr. Arun K Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Singh, Adv. Mr. Sumit Sinha, Adv. Mr. Arun K Sinha, Adv. Mr. B.K. singh, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Singh, Adv. Mr. Sumit Sinha, Adv. Mr. Pramod Swarup, Sr. Adv. Ms. Alka, Adv. Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Surya Kant, Adv.

ORDER :

1. These writ petitions were filed before this Court, inter alia, challenging various provisions of the Delhi Laws (Special provisions) Act, 2006. Being temporary Act of Parliament, the provisions were continued from year to year by virtue of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws ((Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2007, National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2007, National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2007, National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2009, National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2009, National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2011 and National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2011 valid upto 31.12.2014. Some of the writ petitions also challenged the provisions of the Master Plan for Delhi 2021 as notified on the 7th February, 2007. Some of the Writ Petitions challenged notifications issued by the Delhi Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as `DDA') notifying certain streets for mixed use and/or commercial use, which were issued in the year 2006.

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